Gerald Ford lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976 in large part because he pardoned Richard Nixon, an unconvicted felon, for obstruction of justice and for displaying ignorance when he stated in one of his debates with Jimmy Carter that the now-defunct Soviet Union did not dominate Eastern Europe.
Jimmy Carter meriri Gerald Ford n' afọ 1976 ọkachasị makana ọ gbaghara Richard Nixon, onye dara iwu a tụghị mkpọrọ, maka igbochi ikpe mkwụmọtọ na igosi amaghị ama mgbe o kwuru n' otu arụmarụ ụka dị n' etiti ya na Jimmy Carter na 'Soviet Union' nwụgoro anwụ ugbua akpakọghị 'Eastern Europe. '